9.3K views · 68 reactions | ABC News’ Steve Osunsami examines the debate over Civil War reenactments in the South, which have drawn more attendees in the wake of the removal of statues and monuments. https://abcn.ws/3bEDYid | ABC News Live | Facebook

The Siege of Petersburg lasted 292 days from June 15, 1864, to April 2, 1865, making it the longest siege in American military history. After failing to break through Confederate defenses in a series of initial assaults, Union General Ulysses S. Grant settled into a grinding campaign of attrition against General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The siege featured extensive trench warfare stretching nearly 40 miles around Petersburg, a critical railroad hub 23 miles south of Richmond. B

25K views · 939 reactions | One of the most famous cannons of the Civil War was the “Dictator:” a mortar that lobbed 220-pound projectiles over 2.25 miles during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864. This cannon can be found at Petersburg National Battlefield in Virginia. | American Battlefield Trust | Facebook

The Siege of Petersburg was notable for its trench warfare, as well as for a pragmatism that settled in as the Civil War dragged on, as detailed in this Quickly Explained. The finale of Blood and Fury: America's Civil War airs tonight on AHC. | American Heroes Channel